Techno Horizon Swings to Profit, Board Backs ¥2.65bn Singapore Vision-Tech Buyout

Techno Horizon, the Nagoya-based maker of imaging, IT and robotics equipment listed as 6629 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Standard market, reported a sharp swing in its first quarter to a ¥444mn net profit, reversing a ¥138mn loss a year earlier. Sales rose 27% to ¥13,334mn, and operating profit reached ¥501mn against just ¥21mn a year prior.

The turnaround came almost entirely from the Image & IT division, where sales climbed 36% to ¥10,645mn and operating profit nearly tripled to ¥530mn. Techno Horizon credited two Singapore- and Malaysia-based units: Pacific Tech, a cybersecurity value-added distributor, and ESCO, whose office-solutions and "hostile mitigation" security business is riding a global data-centre construction boom. The smaller robotics division narrowed its operating loss to ¥27mn from ¥157mn, with sales up just 0.8% to ¥2,689mn, as the company shifted toward higher-margin optical modules and custom motor drivers. Full-year guidance was left unchanged from the outlook the company issued in May.

Separately, Techno Horizon's board approved buying 100% of two more Singapore companies: Vital Vision Technology, a machine-vision equipment distributor founded in 2005, and EI3D, a 3D image-processing and automation integrator founded in 2021. Both are currently majority-owned by managing director John Chan Hwann Kiat. The estimated total cost is ¥2,654mn, made up of a ¥2,511mn purchase price and ¥143mn in incidental costs. Techno Horizon said the deal will pair the targets' machine-vision and 3D technology with its own imaging and robotics lines, and integrate with a group company's soldering-equipment and production-line technology.

The share transfer is planned for late August 2026. Techno Horizon said the goodwill arising from the deal is still being calculated, and it has not disclosed how the purchase will be financed.